• DocumentCode
    2267904
  • Title

    The effect of metamaterials on Anderson localisation

  • Author

    Asatryan, A.A. ; Botten, L.C. ; Byrne, M.A. ; Freilikher, V.D. ; Gredeskul, S.A. ; Shadrivov, I.V. ; McPhedran, R.C. ; Kivshar, Y.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math. Sci., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study 1D stacks comprising alternating layers of normal and metamaterials, with disorder in both refractive index and layer thickness, and show strong suppression of localisation with only index disorder.
  • Keywords
    Anderson model; metamaterials; refractive index; 1D stacks; Anderson localisation; metamaterials; refractive index; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Physics; Reflection; Refractive index; (050.1950) Diffraction gratings; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (290.4210) Multiple scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572886